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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2007
Satish Savant, Peoria, IL (US);
David Fee, Groveland, IL (US);
Bradford Kough, Metamora, IL (US);
Jonathan Baumann, Peoria, IL (US);
Perry Cruce, Marquette Hts., IL (US);
Matthew Dames, Brimfield, IL (US);
Satish Savant, Peoria, IL (US);
David Fee, Groveland, IL (US);
Bradford Kough, Metamora, IL (US);
Jonathan Baumann, Peoria, IL (US);
Perry Cruce, Marquette Hts., IL (US);
Matthew Dames, Brimfield, IL (US);
Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL;
Abstract
A flywheel includes a hub portion concentrically defined around a center of the flywheel. A body portion located peripherally around the hub portion has a driver-side face and a driven-side face. A plurality of passageways in the body portion extend through the flywheel and fluidly connect the driver-side face with the driven-side face. Each of the plurality of passageways is adapted to receive a flow of lubricant spilling onto the driver-side of the body portion when the flywheel is rotating, and to expel lubricant out of the driven-side face of the body portion.